Yamaha NUAGE, Setup Manual

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8. Confirm that all hard drives that will be used in audio processing have NTFS formatting.
9. Confirm that the OS, device drivers, BIOS, and chipset drivers are all up to date. For details,
refer to the websites of the chipset manufacturer.
10. Set the processor's schedule to "Background Services" (Control Panel > System > Advanced
System Settings > Advanced Settings > Performance). This will increase the performance of
audio drivers.
11. Turn off automatic indexing. Type "indexing options" under the Start menu, hit the Enter key,
and click "Change". Indexing is a processor-intensive operation that can adversely affect audio.
12. Disable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth if possible. A computer attempting to maintain an unstable Wi-Fi
connection is likely to encounter spikes in the CPU load, which can cause audio drop-outs. The
following is for reference, and is recommended reading for anyone needing to brush up on these
topics.
13. If you know of any unnecessary startup services, use services.msc to set those to "manual." If
you are not sure what service's settings you should change, either skip this step or refer to this
BlackViper services settings page:
( http://www.blackviper.com/service-configurations/black-vipers-windows-7-service-pack-
1-service-configurations/ )
14. Use DPC Latency Checker (http://www.thesycon.de/eng/latency_check.shtml), which is free, to
analyze your computer's processing performance. If this shows frequent DPC spikes exceeding
100 microseconds, you may get audio dropouts when running with low buffer settings. As a
typical target, if DPC latency averages less than 100 microseconds, the computer's settings are
OK. Spikes longer than that need to be minimized. Spikes such as these are typically caused by
drivers for other hardware devices. Unfortunately, the only way to remove the problematic
driver is to go through them one at a time. Before doing that, always update your hardware
drivers.
Mac OS X
1. Disable all energy-saving settings. Select "Energy Saver" from System Preferences, and disable
sleep as shown below.